Combined end-gate and lifting-jack.



COMBINED END GATE AND LIFTING JACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13. 1906.

I% By I ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

COMBINED END-GATE AND LlFTING-dACK- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed January 13, 1906. Serial No. 295,974.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORSON BUCKLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of Lao qui Parle and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Combined End-Gate andLifting-Jack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined end-gate and lifting-jack, and has for itsobject to enable the convenient transfer of the device from one use tothe other without requiring any disconnection or complicated adjustmentof arts.

With this object in view the invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, it being understood that changes in the form,proportion, size, and minor details maybe made within the scope of theclaims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the inventi'on.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rearend of a wagonbody having the combined end-gate and liftingjack of thepresent invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectlonal viewtaken longitudinally through the device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe device set for use as a lifting-jack. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable lifting-foot.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe figures of the drawings.

The present device includes end-gate sec tions or members 1 and 2 ofcorresponding widths and unequal lengths, which are hinged, as at 3, soas to have the joint break outwardly when an end-gate is fitted in awagon-body, such as shown at 4 in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The end-gatesections are preferably provided with transverse cleats 5 upon theirinner faces to prevent warplng thereof, while the lower edges of themembers are provided with metal wear-strips 6.

Rigidly secured to the outer face of the short end-gate section is a bar7, having a width slightly less than that of the end-gate and of alength to overlap the joint between the end-gate sections. This bar isprovided with a longitudinal bifurcation 8 intersecting its free end forthe reception of a swinging bolt 9, having its head loosely retained ina socket 10, formed in the end-gate, and its outer end carrying ahandled nut 11 and bearing against the outer face of the bar 7, therebyrigidly interlocking the elements of the end-gate when the latter is inuse, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Suitable metal lates 12are provided upon the outer face 0 the bar 7 at opposite sides of thebi-'furcation 8 to take the wear of the nut 1 1.

To enable the use of the device as a liftingjack, a metallic lifting-bar13 is mounted in the bifurcation 8, with its inner end pivoted, as at14,'t0 a flange 15 upon a metallic arm 16, secured to the outer face ofthe member 2 at its inner end. The free end of the lifting-bar worksbetween guide-straps 17 and 18, secured to the opposite faces of the bar7, the guide 17 having an intermediate offset 19 to permit of thenecessary tilting movement of the lifting-bar. The front or outer edgeof the lifting-bar is smooth, and its rear edge is toothed, as at 20. Alifting-foot 21 has its inner end bifurcated, as at 21, (best shown inFig. 4 of the drawings,) whereby the foot straddles-the lifting-bar.This foot has longitudinal upstanding flanges 22 at its opposite sides,and a transverse pin 23 pierces the rear portions of the flanges in rearof the lifting-bar, so as to engage the teeth. When the pin 23 engagesthe back of the lifting-bar and the inner closed end of the bifurcationengages the front of the lifting-bar, the foot 21 will be held upon thelifting-bar at substantially right angles thereto and projectingforwardly through the bifurcation 8. The upper edges of the flanges 22are toothed or serrated, as at 24, to prevent slipping thereof upon anaxle, and there is a transverse upstanding flange 25 at the outer end oftie foot, the outer edge of the flange being sharp or beveled andterminating short of the tops of the flanges 22.

When using the end-gate as a lifting-jack, it is removed. from the wagonand stood in an upright position upon the section 1 as' a standard. Thefoot 21 is adjusted upon the lifting-bar 13 to engage the under side ofthe member to be lifted, whereupon the section 2 is swung downwardly asa lever, thereby lifting the bar 13, the foot 21, and the member withwhich the foot is en aged. When the member 2 has been swung down pastthe horizontal and into engagement with the ground or floor, the leverand lifing-bar are locked and the member to be jacked up will besupported in an elevated osition. It will here be explained that theanges of the foot produce a trough or receptacle to receive suchlubricant as may run off of the axle-spindle, particularly when the footis disposed longitudinally of the spindle at its outer end. Whendisposed in this relation, the wheel may be drawn from the spindle ontothe foot 21, where it will be supported while the spindle is beinglubricated, and the wheel may afterward be slipped back upon the spindlein a prompt and positive manner.

In connection with the use of the device as an end-gate it will be notedthat the liftingbar folds into the bifurcation 8, and the foot 21 iscapable of being folded upon the liftingbar so as to embrace the same,said bar being provided with a transverse notch 26 in its front edge toreceive the flange or lip 25 of the foot, whereby the latter ispermitted to fold in flat against the lifting-bar.

When the device is used as a lifting-jack, with the foot 21 disposedlongitudinally of an axle, the hub-attaching nut is first removed andthen the foot is adjusted so that the lip 25 engages the under side ofthe small nut on the endof the skein, the lip biting into the nut, so asto prevent slipping thereof, while the flanges 22 embrace the nut andprevent turning thereof. Ordinarily the jack will be applied to the endof a spindle with the foot 21 in longitudinal alinement therewith, ashereinbefore described, and will be employed with the foot under theaxle at substantially right angles thereto only when it becomesnecessary to remove the wheel entirely from the spindle for the purposeof cleaning the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe class described comprising hinged end-gate sections, a bar rigidlycarried by one of the sections and overlap ping the other section, alifting-bar working upon the end-gate bar and pivotally connected to theother end-gate section, the first-mentioned end-gate sectionconstituting a lifting-jack standard, and the other endgate sectionconstituting a lever for actuating the lifting-b ar.

2. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gate sections,a bar rigidly carried by one of the sections and overlapping the othersection, said bar having a longitudinal slot, and a liftingbar workingin the slot and pivotally connected to the other end-gate member, thefirstmentioned endgate member constituting a liftingjack standard, andthe other end-gate member gonstituting a lever for actuating thelifting- 3. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gatemembers, a bar rigidly carried by one of the members and overlapping theother member, said bar having a bifurcation which intersects its freeend, a

lifting-bar mounted in the bifurcation and working through the outer endthereof and pivotally connected to the other end-gate member.

4. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gate members, abar rigidly carried by one of the members'and overlapping the othermember, said bar having a longitudinal bifurcation intersecting its freeend and extending across the first mentioned end-gate member, alifting-bar working in the bifurcation, and an army carried by the otherend-gate member and pivotally connected to the inner end of thelifting-bar, said link projecting beyond the inner end of said otherend-gate member and overlapping the first-mentioned end-gate memberwithin the inner end of the bifurcation when the device is in use as anend-gate.

5. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gate members, alongitudi nally-slotted bar rigidly carried by one of the end-gatemembers and overlapping the other member, a lifting-bar working in theslot, a connection between the lifting-bar and the other end-gatemember, said other member constituting a lever for controlling theliftingbar, and a foot carried by the lifting-bar capable of beingfolded into the slotwhen the device is in use as an end-gate.

6. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gate members, alongitudinally-slotted bar rigidly carried by one of the end-gatemembers and overlapping the other member, a lifting-bar working in theslot, a connection between the lifting-bar and the other end-gatemember, said other member constituting a lever for controlling theliftingbar, and a foot adjustable longitudinally upon the lifting-barand foldable into the slot when the device is in use as an end-gate.

7. A device of the class described comprising hinged end-gate members, alongitudinally-slotted bar rigidly carried by one of the end-gatemembers and overlapping the other member, a lifting-bar working 1n theslot and connected to the other end-gate member which constitutes alever for moving the liftingbar, one edge of the lifting-bar beingtoothed, and a foot slidably straddling the lifting bar and providedwith transverse shoulders for respective engagements with the toothedside of the lifting-bar and the opposite side thereof, said foot capableof being folded into the slot when the device is in use as an end-gate.

8. A device of the class described comprising a base, a slotted standardrigidly rising from one side of the base, a lever hinged to the otherside of the base, a lifting-bar working in the slot of the standard, anda connection between the lever and the lifting-bar for elevating thelatter by moving the lever.

9. A device of the class described comprising a base, a slotted standardfixed upon one side of the base with its slot overlapping the IIO base,a lever hinged to the other side of the base, a lifting-bar Working inthe slot of the standard, and an arm carried by the inner end of thelever and pivoted to the liftingbar, the inner end of the lifting-barand the projecting portion of the link lying in the inner end of theslot across the base when the lever is folded against the standard.

10. A lifting-jack having a lifting-bar and a foot carried by the barand foldable against the same.

11. A lifting-jack having a lifting-bar, and a foot slidably adjustableupon the bar and capable of being folded thereagainst.

12. A lifting-j ack having a toothed liftingbar, means for elevating thebar and a slotted foot slidably embracing the bar independent of theelevating means and provided with shoulders for respective engagementswith the toothed side of the bar and the opposite side thereof.

13. A lifting-jack having a toothed liftingbar, and a foot having alongitudinal slot receiving the bar, flanges rising at opposite sides ofthe slot, and a pin extending between the flanges above the bottom ofthe foot for engagement with the teeth of the bar, the front wall of theslot being adapted to engage the front side of the lifting-bar, saidfoot capable of being swung upon the pin as a in the presence of twowitnesses.

ORSON BUCKLIN.

Witnesses:

F. L. STONE, H. O. MILLER.

